It's more like a reworking of "Prince of Persia."

What it lacks in the variety of teams it makes up for in the variety of options.

This one is just for the old-schoolers who want to remember when gaming was a niche and not a business.

Cleaner looking than "Triple Play," but lacking solid mechanics in the pitching and fielding.

It's a modified "Fighting Force" with a little thought behind it, but it is also hamstrung by controls that are less than intuitive.

The same mediocre game on the Cube as it was on the PS2.

It's a good training game, but there's too much looseness in the controls to make it a top draw.

Jam fans will find the move to the Advance didn't really make the experience any better.

It's the same old game, and a short one at that.

Black Kat is like me first marriage, aye - fun for a few hours, and then as slow a death as you never want to witness, matey.

Within two hours we beat every Championship mode, and made it through ten of the arcade matches, where we were quickly squashed by the cheap AI. It's a shame, because we were having so much playing up until that point.

The objectives in the game go from too easy to patience-busting hard, and that's a shame, because if there was consistency in the objectives, the game could have headed in another direction.

It doesn't seem to have the same tension and competitive spirit that past T&F games did - and the selection of games represented seems overly eclectic.

Not a bad little game, and the four player option makes it a lot more competitive.

Brevity is what kills this game. It's not impossible to play through the whole game in under an hour, and some of the side games, like a 2-player head-to-head game, just don't seem to extend the fun.

it's no SSX Tricky or Shaun Palmer, but it has a great look and some daunting challenges.

Where March Madness doesn't compete is in the game play respect afforded to the big timers - "NBA Live 2002" and "NBA 2K2." The game has a slower pace and a less hurried feel than real basketball.

The addictiveness of Jonny Moseley Mad Trix is outweighed by the poor design and tepid game play.

Still not the contender that it should be, but there is hope - and the QB Challenge is still fun to play.

This is Jedi Power Battles in 3D - a simple, fast-paced action game that makes you forget everything else for a couple of hours, just like the movie it's based on.

The game is not there for the amusement or entertainment of the general public - it's a special, silly game reserved for true aficionados of the Simpsons. Count us in.

It's the role-model for mediocre action games.

It has solid graphics, fairly good sound, but flawed driving mechanics that ultimately bring the game down.

A good puzzle game that too often repeats itself and never shows the edge it needed to stay ahead of the game.

Nostalgia freaks and curious geeks could use the history lesson that this disc teaches - it's an emotional purchase.

The Legend of Alon D'ar goes for the big story (which is lame in its own way) and the big RPG feeling - but falls short on both counts.

There has to be a better way to represent the sport of snowboarding than this.

GameDay 2002 finally got the ball, but it's late in the fourth and the other teams (Madden and NFL 2K2) are already celebrating.

It's not the most innovative game, and actually copies a block or two from other puzzle games, but the repetition gets endearing after awhile.

Fish fans, fear for the fun factor - it's frightful.

It's not as good as Shaun Palmer or Tricky, but it does a good job of extending the playability with the mission-based levels.

Doesn't add anything to the venerable Twisted Metal series - it just subtracts, and subtracts, and subtracts, until the only thing small is the fun.

Easily the most enjoyable of the three JP games released by Konami.

It's good for those that want all their classics in one cart - but the Game Boy Color versions are exactlt the same.

After playing it for an hour and winning a couple of games, you'll be ready to go back to your PS2 or GameCube.

The game has no direction or purpose, and its one of the few games that seems so dull on the PlayStation 2.

The graphics in this Advance title aren’t that bad – but they don’t look that much more spectacular than the GBC wrestling games.

Batman Vengeance had a hopeful start, but the controls, cameras, and crappy graphics make this bat look like a rat.

You'll love playing this one over a snow-bound weekend, but probably return it to the rental counter by the time your senses thaw.

Even though small additions have been made, you'd be better off waiting for THPS3.

The game play appeals to the young and hopelessly naïve gamers who think they're reliving the movie experience. Good luck to them - to the rest of us, spend your X-bucks on something a little more sophisticated.

The game is exhausting because of the number of different races, but it doesn’t take long to get bored with it.

When you've been spoiled by the big boys like "NBA 2K2" or "NBA Live," this seems so freshman.

Pro BMX was a solid game on the PS One – this should have been just as solid.

Have you seen the movie Driven? Neither have we. But this game, which I based on the movie, gives us so many clues as to what the movie was like that we don?t feel like we have to watch the movie to know what it's about.

It's a game for Chan fans: everyone else would do better with "Final Fight One."

They score major points on style, definition, and realism in movement. But points get taken away for the sparse look and sound effects.

Although not the stellar accomplishment that "Splashdown" was for the Atari label, it's still a solid effort, and a good choice for fans of motocross.

This radical departure adds a level of depth to the series as a whole - MM fans should pick it up out of loyalty - anyone who's not a hardcore fan should let this one settle back into the big blue.

The game won’t be taking home trophies for the game play, which is the most serious of the game’s flaws.

If you want something more advanced for your Advance, pass this fossil up.

It’s not awful, and is in fact a solid platform game, but it can be annoying, and even worse, pretty boring at times.

Can’t live up to its big brother on the PS2, but don’t let that stop you from playing it, especially if you’re a NASCAR fan. It’s fun, exciting, and very playable, but its hard to keep people who’ve seen the Sistine Chapel to appreciate graffiti.

If DW3 was the video game equivalent of "Braveheart," then Kessen II is Kuroswawa's "Ran" -- just a little more meat in your dish.

A basic, solid, hardworking title, with just enough familiar territory to keep fans of the show happy, and enough work to keep persistent (albeit young) gamers satisfied.

Compared to "Spiderman," another Activision release, this game pales like Storm’s hair. It’s a good game, but an even better rental.

Technically speaking, Silent Scope 2 isn’t much of an advance over the original Silent Scope, and in some ways it’s actually a step backwards.

It sits squarely in the middle of fun and boring.

Just too basic to really hold much interest, and it’s too difficult to figure out for such a simple game.

Worth the effort for gamer who likes their puzzle games fast and tough.

A fairly dry, emotionless golf simulation that’s competent in execution but lacks inspiration.

A well-rounded, challenging game without much flash or innovation.

Barely on par with your average "Tetris" clone.

Far from an awful game due to its relative depth and difficulty. It just doesn’t do anything we haven’t seen before.

The game’s ugliness is its major flaw, though the free-roaming nature of many of the levels can be frustrating too.

Impressive for its visual and audio style, these Brothers need more help in the gameplay department if they hope to become a franchise.

This one should just lay down and play extinct for us.

There’s as much to do in this game as there is in any other full-priced motocross game – and Motocross Mania is really no better or worse than most of those.

If you like your destruction on a massive scale, this game is the one for you – though it relies heavily on big explosions to entertain you (have we made our point yet?).

This ain’t no "Twisted Metal: Black." If Motor Mayhem had come out last October we might have recommended it; as it is, there's no real competition.

It may be short on imagination and long on Disney, but it’s not a bad game for kids. Action gamers may find Atlantis a bit lost.

A walk down memory lane with one of the better platform games of the early days of the Super NES and Genesis.

It’s hard enough to see on the Advance as it is – some of the darker areas in Pitfall make the game unplayable.

Still has its brand of goofy appeal; there’s nothing quite like the sight of stuffed animals pumping each other full of lead...Hardcore FPS fans and platform purists should stay away.

There’s nothing about Army Men Advance that compels us to pick it up again.

Great graphics, excellent sound, and solid controls are all offset by a game that’s over before it started. This one is way too short.

Nothing but a knock-off of every other mission-based car game out there, and a dull and frustrating one at that.

It’s a repackaged version of the original. A few new levels aren’t enough to give this game a proper fun factor score – if you’ve played before, you’ll be disappointed.

Just too easy, too short, and too busy visually. It’s initially quite an impressive looking and sounding game, but you know the saying about looks being deceiving.

The two biggest knocks against Confidential Mission are the aforementioned lack of real innovation and the game’s short length. You can finish the game in about fifteen minutes.

Plagued by nagging glitches and cumbersome controls, MLB 2002 nevertheless delivers one of the better hardball experiences on the PSOne.

There’s some pretty horrendous slowdown at times also, which is instant-death in a pinball game that relies on precise timing for ball aiming (not that you’d have much success at that anyway).

It’s like playing with Hot Wheels when you’ve grown up with Matchbox racers. Variety aside, there’s not much in the way of style.

It’s not bad (like "Green Rogue" bad), but it’s certainly not 3DO’s best game (like High Heat Baseball 2002 for the PC).

A solid, competent extreme bike game, without a lot of frills, and with little style, but hey – when did style and grace ever figure into extreme sports?

The fun is there for a few minutes, and then becomes tiresome.

The controls and action are both pitifully executed, and the graphics and sound won’t make up the difference.

This lamp-rubber is definitely for little 'laddins.

Moves a bit closer to the PC version in terms of both features and quality, but it's still not quite there.

Plays little more than an interactive "Choose Your Own Adventure" book.

An above average game -- it just had so much more unrealized potential. And it gets damn annoying at times.

Lack of courses and players are a real deterrent. However, the depth of the game engine is enough to keep die-hards entertained.

The main problems with 4X4 Evo, though, are the frustratingly cheap cheating of the computer opponents that never seem to let you actually get ahead by spending your hard-earned money on upgrades...

A better-than-average motorcycle simulation, with a deep career mode and satisfying racing action. It'd be nice if it had been optimized for the Dreamcast, however.

It’s an ugly mess that’s hard on the eyes, and it doesn’t get an easier to look at the more you play.

The fact is except for a resolution bump-up, there is almost no difference between the PSX and PS2 ports of this title -- and that's a sad state of affairs given the extra horsepower under the PS2's hood. Kinda makes you wonder what that $300 you spent on the system bought you.

Long on ideas but well short on design and execution -- a game that for the most part looks as good as originally promised, but with some shoddy controls that almost ruin the experience.

No big surprises here, from level design to weapon selection. A complete retread of yesteryear's game play.